NASA’s Juno Space Probe Captures Fantastic Pictures of Jupiter

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According to NASA’s official website, the space station ‘Juno’ has sent to Earth a new snapshot of the south pole of Jupiter.

“NASA’s Juno spacecraft took the color-enhanced image during its eleventh close flyby of the gas giant planet on Feb. 7 at 7:11 a.m. Pacific Standard Time (10:11 a.m. Eastern Standard Time). At the time, the spacecraft was 74,896 miles (120,533 kilometers) from the tops of Jupiter’s clouds at 84.9 degrees south latitude,” reads NASA’s webpage.

More pictures of Jupiter taken by Juno are available here: https://www.space.com/12495-jupiter-juno-mission-photos-gallery.html